CONFLUENCE - Yuba River - Feather River - Yuba City, CA
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DopeyDuck
N 39° 07.628 W 121° 35.986
10S E 621033 N 4331817
This convergence stems from 3 forks of the Feather River and 3 forks of the Yuba River which both converge into the Sacramento River.
Waymark Code: WM5MT8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2009
Views: 20
Coordinates are taken near a parking area on the western side of the Feather River near the boat launch ramp.
RetiredProf did an excellent job on the information in his Earthcache, GC15FHH (
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"Two of the major rivers of northeastern California merge between Marysville and Yuba City. Both rivers have a rich history of gold mining in the 19th century. And both have breached their levees a few times during the past 150 years.
The Feather River is a principal tributary of the Sacramento River, which it joins about 20 miles north of the city of Sacramento. The Feather rises in 3 separate forks in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which drain into the 3 arms of Lake Oroville (which lies 5 miles northeast of the city of Oroville). The north fork arises in Cold Boiling Lake and Rice Creek in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The middle fork arises in southeastern Plumas County in the Sierra Valley southeast of Beckwourth. The south fork arises in the mountains along the Plumas-Sierra county line.
The Yuba River also has 3 forks. The north fork begins at Yuba Pass and flows into the New Bullards Bar Reservoir. The middle fork begins at Jackson Meadows Reservoir and joins the north fork just downstream of the Bullards Bar Dam. A tunnel is used to divert water from the middle fork to Bullards Bar Reservoir. The south fork begins at Lake Spalding and joins the other forks at Lake Engelbright."
More information can also be found on Wikipedia (
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